The Horses of St. Mark's: A Story of Triumph in Byzantium, Paris, and Venice
by Freeman, Charles
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New York: Overlook Press, 2010. xiv, 298 pages, illustrations; 24 cm Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with a small corner crease/back flap, protected in a mylar cover. "Presents a history of the four famous horse statues of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, documenting their mysterious origins and turbulent movements throughout Europe over the centuries." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Plundered Plunder; Constantinople: The Horses' First Home?; Horses and Heroes; Creating Quadrigae; Watchers in The Hippodrome; The Fourth Crusade and The Sack of Constantinople; The Horses Arrive at St Mark's; Doge Or Emperor? The Horses, Hippodromes and Imperial Display; Venice: The Republican Community; The Search for the Horses' Origins; The Ideal Horse?; The Horses in An Age of Decadimento; The Fall of The Venetian Republic; 'To The Carrousel!': The Horses Triumph in Paris; Antonio Canova and The Return of The Horses to Venice; Greek or Roman? The Nineteenth-Century Debates; Fragmented Imaginations: The Reinvention of Venice; Denouements; Envoi: The Horses as Cultural Icons.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Title
- The Horses of St. Mark's: A Story of Triumph in Byzantium, Paris, and Venice
- Author
- Freeman, Charles
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
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- ISBN 10
- 1590202678
- ISBN 13
- 9781590202678
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- Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
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- 8vo
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- European / Italian; Genre & Subject / Animals; European / 3. Medieval / Byzantine;
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